Government funding and heating grants

Whilst it might not be a direct link to Potterton, there are in fact a variety of schemes and heating grants that could help with paying for and fuelling our energy efficient boilers. Being eligible for these grants will depend on a number of factors, but if you are eligible you will make heating your home more affordable and you'll potentially reduce your carbon footprint.

Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)

Feed in Tariff (FiT)

Winter Fuel Payment

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The domestic RHI is a financial incentive scheme designed to encourage uptake of renewable heating among domestic consumers. The domestic RHI is targeted at, but not limited to, homes off the mains gas grid. Those without mains gas have the most potential to save on fuel bills and decrease carbon emissions. This scheme covers England, Scotland and Wales with an equivalent scheme operating in Northern Ireland.

The scheme covers single domestic dwellings and is open to homeowners, private landlords, social landlords and self-builders. It will not be open to new build properties other than self-build.

Feed-in Tariffs are a scheme devised and implemented by the UK Government grants as the main financial incentive to encourage uptake of renewable electricity-generating technologies. Most domestic generation technologies qualify for the scheme, including:

Payments are made based upon generation of electricity (generation tariff) and a further payment for any exported electricity (export tariff), the length of tariff and payment levels vary by technology.